The court sentenced Suavi to one year imprisonment considering 'the way
More how the crime was committed'. Because the crime was committed 'publicly', the sentence was doubled. It was then reduced to eleven months and 20 days. The court did not postpone the sentence because there was no ground to believe that the defendant would not re-commit the same crime. His sentence was
then converted into judicial fine of 14.000 Turkish Liras. The court ruled also that Suavi pay 2.018 Turkish Liras for Erdogan's lawyers' fees. Hide

The Istanbul 1 st Criminal Court of Peace ruled that the book titled
More 'Mahrem/Gizli Belgelerde
Türkiye'nin Sırları' (The Confidential/Turkey's Secrets in Confidential Papers), which was printed and
published by Kirmizi Kedi Publishing House, be banned from being sold online and advertised via social
media channels. The verdict was issued by the court upon a complaint of 'violation of personal rights'
filed by AKP Kahramanmaras MP Celalettin Guvenc's lawyer on 21.09.2017. Hide

After the documents that were incorporated into the file upon the request
More (No. 2016/16127) of the Van Public Prosector's Office had been reviewed, It was ruled that the book, which made 'propaganda of terrorist organization', be pulled off the shelves due to the investigation launched both against the translator Mustafa Topal and against the Publishing House's the editor who was responsible
for publishing the book.
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It was ruled that Faysal Daglı's Birakuji (Civil War of Kurds) printed by
More Belge Publishing House;
Fehim Tastekin's Rojava/Time of Kurds printed by Iletişim Publishing House; and Aytekin Gezici's Kurdish
History printed by Tutku Publishing House be banned from being printed, distributed and sold.
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llustrations in the books 'Berserk 3' and 'Berserk 4' examined and
More evaluated by the committee
were found to be harmful to minors' morality. The committee therefore ruled that necessary measures
be taken so that the books, which were still being sold without any restriction, were sold with statutory
restriction. It was also ruled that the decision made by the Committee be published in the Official
Gazette for provincial governorates to take necessary measures. Hide

Haci Bogatekin was convicted of making propaganda of terrorist
More organization, pursuant to the Article 53 of TCK. However, he was acquitted because there was no adequate and convincing evidence showing that the defendant had committed the crime.
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Ahmet Altan who was sentenced to life imprisonment in the case of 'Coup
More Attempt: Media' was also sentenced to 5 year and 11 month imprisonment in another case, in which he was tried for 'insulting the President' and 'making propaganda of terrorist organization'. Hide

The court sentenced the defendants, Ahmet Altan, Nazli Ilicak, Fevzi
More Yazici, Sukru Tugrul Ozsengul and Yakup Simsek, to aggravated life imprisonment. They were found guilty of 'attempting to subvert the constitutional order of the Turkish Republic, or to replace the order with another one, or to thwart the implementation of the order by using force and violence'. Hide

A public case was filed against Demirtas, pursuant to the Turkish Penal
More Code, Article 125. He was acquitted of the charge because the act he was accused of has not been defined as crime in Turkish laws. Hide

Republican People's Party (CHP) İstanbul MP Enis Berberoğlu has been
More sentenced to 5 years and 10 months in prison on charge of 'making state's confidential information public' in the trial about the news report on National Intelligence Agency (MİT) Trucks. Hide

There was no reason to consider that the appellant might have unlawfully
More been subjected to prosecution and arrest due to his legitimate actions within the scope of freedom of expression and the right to carry out electoral campaign and political activities. Hide

Courts have ruled continuation of arrest of Şahin Alpay and Mehmet Altan
More despite Constitutional Court ruling that their 'right to personal freedom and security' and 'freedom of expression and press' have been violated. Hide

Istanbul 13th and 26th Heavy Penalty Courts did not release the
More journalists. As the reason of the rejection of release, both the courts stated in their judgments that the verdict of the Constitutional Court had not been published in the Official Gazette and that the reasoned judgment had not been delivered to them. The Constitutional Court then announced that the verdict was published on the website. Decisions of the Constitutional Court, which is constitutionally the highest judicial authority, are binding. Hide

Nedim Turfent, reporter of Dicle News Agency (DIHA) which was closed down
More by a statutory decree, was sentenced to 7 year imprisonment by the court. He was found guilty of 'being member of terrorist organization'. The court increased his sentence to 8 years and 9 months, allegedly due to 'persistence of acts'. Nedim Turfent will be kept in custody. Hide

Acun Karadag and Semih Ozakca were tried at the Ankara 19 th Heavy Penalty
More Court, with the claim of 'being member of armed terrorist organization'. Nuriye Gulmen, who has been jailed for 193 days and on hunger strike to get her job reinstated, was found guilty of 'being member of terrorist organization' and sentenced to 6 year and 3 month imprisonment. However, she was released due to her medical conditions. The court acquitted Semih Ozakca and Acun Karadag. Hide

Cases filed against the 1128 academics who were first signatories of
More Academics for Peace's Declaration continue. It had been demanded in first hearings of the cases that they be joined with the case filed against the four academics who read out the Declaration. It had also been demanded that the defendants be given an adequate time for preparation of defense. In second hearings, academics were sentenced to 1 year and 3 month imprisonment pursuant to TMK 7/2. Their sentenced were postponed. Hide

Rights defender, journalist, and doctor dismissed from the medical
More profession by executive decree Ömer Faruk Gergerlioğlu has been sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for one of his posts on social media. Hide

The defendants were sentenced to 6 month imprisonment for each, with the
More claim that they
insulted Turkish people, the Republic of Turkey and the State's Institutions and Bodies. Pursuant to the
relevant law, their sentences were reduced by 1/6. They were therefore sentenced to 5 month
imprisonment for each. Because Sari and Kosar had no previous criminal record of intentional crime
which required imprisonment longer than 3 months, and the court was convinced that the defendants
would not commit any crime, their sentences were postponed. Hide

Arzu Demir was sentenced to 6 years in prison, based on the allegations
More that she was making "terror organization propaganda" in her two books "Female State of the Mountain" and "Rojava State of the Revolution". 3 years sentence was given for each book. Hide

The court board found Subaşı guilty and sentenced her to 1 year
More imprisonment according to the article 381/1 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK). The court reduced her sentence to 10 months considering her good conduct during the trial. The court suspended 10 month sentence and sentenced her to 1 year probation. Hide

Can Dündar and Erdem Gül were found guilty of 'exposing confidential state
More information'. Dündar and Gül were sentenced to 5 year 10 month and 5 year respectively. They were acquitted of the charge of 'coup attempt'. It was ruled that the case of 'Aiding the Armed Terrorist Organization FETÖ/PYD' will be held separately. Hide

It was ordered that the 25 books and 5 journals be confiscated. The
More decision was objected for the books authored by Hasan Cemal. The objection was rejected by the Criminal Court of Peace Magistrate. An individual application was then made to the Turkish Constitutional Court (AYM). Hide

The defendants were found not guilty and acquitted because it was not
More proven that the poster was hung by the defendants, and his name and middle name were not written, and the way his surname was written ('Erdo-ğan') might evoke someone else.
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Sevgi Akarçeşme was found guilty and sentenced to 1 year, 5 month and 15
More day imprisonment. The court deferred the announcement of the judgment. Celil Sağır and Bülent Keneş were also found guilty and sentenced to 1 year and 2 month imprisonment separately. The court deferred the announcement of the judgment. Hide

He was sentenced to 6 month imprisonment first. Because the crime was
More committed via the press, the sentence was then increased to 9 months. And the sentence was finally reduced to 7 month and 15 day imprisonment based on his good conduct during the trial. Hide

The defendant was acquitted because it was ruled that the action does not
More constitute crime. Hide

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One year imprisonment Reyhan Çapan was sentenced to was increased to one
More year and six months because the crime was committed via press. Her sentence was then abated to one year and three months due to no prior criminal record. Her sentence was postponed for 5 years due to her good conduct during the trial and being not likely to recidivate. Hide

He was found guilty of 'propaganda of terrorist organization' and
More sentenced to 3 year and 9 month imprisonment. Additionally, he was found guilty also of 'printing and releasing declarations and statements of the terrorist organization' and sentenced 2 year and 6 month imprisonment. He was sentenced to 6 year and 3 month imprisonment in total. Hide

All defendants were acquitted of the charges due to no element of crime
More found or fully proved both in the action charged on the grounds of the Law on the Meetings and Demonstrations and in the slogans alleged to 'insult' Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. All defendants were also acquitted of the charge of insulting Binali Yıldırım on the grounds that no petition was formally issued. Hide

The defendants, Bahadır Baruter and Özer Aydoğan, were sentenced to 14
More months imprisonment on the grounds that they insulted the President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The punishment was reduced to 11 Months 20 days before the good conduct abatement, and then converted into the punitive fine of 7 thousands TL. Hide

The defendant was sentenced to pay fee of 7.080 TL on the grounds that he
More insulted Recep Tayyip Erdoğan via the press. He was acquitted of the charges related to insulting Bilal Erdoğan and Yassen Abdullah Kadı. Hide

Eskişehir 1. Heavy Penalty Court sentenced the police officer Gültekin
More Şahin who caused Şerzan Kurt to die was found guilty of probable preconceived plan to commit murder and sentenced to 8 year imprisonment on 7th September 2010 on the grounds of 21. Article of the Turkish Penal Code. Hide

Sevan Nişanyan was sentenced to 13 month and 15 day imprisonment due to
More qualified form of the crime of 'insulting religious belief held by a section of society' described in the Turkish Penal Code. Hide

The legal action taken regarding her being sent to the Removal Centre was
More found against the law and rescinded based on that final judgment was still pending and that it was clear that the defendant had a passport. Hide

The assault committed by the police officers, who beat Fevziye Cengiz, was
More considered to be 'actual bodily harm'. The police officers' sentences were reduced to 1 year and 3 month imprisonment due to good conduct. The sentences were not postponed, however, neither were they imprisoned because, according to the provisions for supervised release, those who are sentenced to imprisonment less than 18 months are not punished with imprisonment. As for Cengiz, she was sentenced to 1 year, 2 month and 17 day imprisonment due to 'insulting police officers'. The sentence was converted to pecuniary penalty of daily 20TL, 8.840 TL in total and then deferred. Hide

Gülsüm Koç was acquitted of violation of the Law on Firearms and Knives;
More was sentenced to imprisonment due to subversive activities against the state based on the Turkish Penal Code; and was sentenced to 13 year and 4 month imprisonment twice for the crime of manslaughter based on the Penal Code. Hide

Ayse Deniz Karacagil, also known as 'the girl with the red scarf', who
More lost her life fighting ISIL in the Rakka Province of Syria, was sentenced to four year and seven month imprisonment in the case she has been tried. The Prosecutor's Office decided to continue hearing the case on the grounds that her death was suspicious and that she appeared 'alive' in the civil registry records. Hide

The sentence of 1 year imprisonment Erol Özkaynak was sentenced was
More increased to 1 year and 2 month based on that 'the crime was committed publicly'. Considering the defendant's good conduct, the latter penalty was then reduced to 11 month and 20 day. The judgment was deferred for five years.
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In fact, the database CTL (Current Trial Library) of freedom of expression cases is useless. Because the State already has such a database, titled UYAP (National Judiciary Informatics System) http://www.e-justice.gov.tr/. But only State officials can access all information. Individuals are allowed to access only their own data and lawyers to the files that they have power of attorneys for.

Why and how come?
Article 141 of the Constitution says that all court cases are open to the public. One can observe all hearings of any court case and access all information but cannot access the files. Ridiculous!

Hoping to destroy the CTL with our own hands, when we have a TRANSPARENT State.